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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08
DISASTROUS FIRES
Tho Strobridee Photograph Works burned
-ShOckingl LOss of Lilo by tho Burn
ing of q Kansas Hotel.

Tho Strobridse Liehosraph Works burned
-Sh0ckingl LOas of Lilo by tho Burn
ing Of Kansas Hotel.
CINCINNATI, O., Dec. Fire broke out
at 80 this morning in the extensive estab-
lishment of the Strobridge L.thoyraph
Company, on North Canal street between
Race and Elm. The fire department was
slow in getting to work on the blaze and
the building and contents will probably be
total loss. AT As general alarm sound
ed and called the entire fire department to
the Strobridge Lithographlng COmpany's
great building on the northeast corner of
Elm and Canal. The flames devoured the
entire building, and in less than forty
minutes the walls fell in. The loss is total,
and will probably be 5000 O0l
Later-The scene during the fire was
startling. The height of the building, the
combustiblity of its contents and the sub
stantial style OF it's structure, served to
make the fire fierce but comparatively
slow. 1t burned floor after floor and the
falling of the heavy photographic stones gave
sounds like the discharge of a battery. Later
the falling Of the walls sent sheets of flames
and showers of sparks high irto the air.
During this part of the catastrophe Fire
man John SEuler, who was on Z; ladder
thirty-tve feet from the ground, missed
his footing and fell to the ground. He was
taken to the hospital with injuries which
may prove fatal.
FOUR LIVES LOST.
BRoOKvILLE, Kan, Dec. IA fire which
started i'll the Lawrence House here at
1910 this morning burned block of the
business portion of the town. The Law.
renee House and several other business
houses Were entirely destroyed. Two men
who were guests Of the Lawrence House
were burned to death. Their names were
not learned as there were quite a number
OF strangers in the house. 1t is not known
how the fire originated.
Later-Four men, Fireman Brimer, Of
Wamego, Kan. Brakeman Harrlgan, Wa
megO, Kan; Mr.. Farnsworth, Lincoln,
Kan, and an unknown man Were
burned to death. The remains Were
found in the ruins. Charles Moss. OF
Tower Springs, Kan, was badly burned
about the head and hands and internally
and will probably die. A lady with
child III her arms jumped from the avn.
ing 10 the ground safely. All the guests
who got out did 50 by jumping from the
windows in the second story. The cause OF
the fire is unknown. The loss is 81, 100 to
S25,0D9 The houses burned were those OF
j. Hirsch, dry goods: j. Stauber. hard
ware; j. Seichrist, hotel; Ralph Walter.
boots and shoes; Ralph Walter, Jr., bakery:
f. NJ. Hodge, billiards; j. Guiles, meat
market; L. j. Leasing, dwelling; Il. Wal
tiers, dwelling; X. Walters, Jr., dwelling.
The total insurance is about $500.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

A. {. MCDONALD. Consular Agent
at the Piraeus. Greece. sends to the
State Department few particulars
about the Greek immigrants who are
coming here in increased numbers.
He says they are, us rule. absolutely
penniless, and 60 TO the United States
to live by their wits, hoping in time to
accumulate little fortune of two
thousand dollars, the interest on which
will enable them to live in Greece in
ease for the rest of their lives.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08
Drummer Tax Case.

RALEIGH, n. c., Dec. LIN the United
States circuit court here to-day, Judges
Bond and Seymour presiding, in the case
known as the Drummer's tax case, brought
about by petition of A. W. Henderson
for writ Of habeas corpus, it was ad-
judged that the petitioner be discharged.
The State appealed. The petitioner Hen
derson, was arrested by the sheriff OF
Chowan County for selling goods without q
license. He sued out writ of habeas
corpus before Judge Bond, and at the hear.
ing before the latter in Baltimore last
summer the case was continued to this
term Of the court.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-The experiments
with the incandescent electric light which
have been made at the torpedo station at
Newport have developed novel use for
the little lamps and one that is said to
promise to be Of great value in naval war
fare. With lamps Of about 1O0candle
power fastened on the end OF poles sub
merged in the sea to depth Of twenty
feet the water is so illuminated that objects
in it can be distinguished within radius
of $50 feet. There is little or no glare from
the submerged light to betray the presence
Of the boat using the spars. II is believed
that by this means q boat might counter
mine an enemy's field Of submarine mines
yb cutting their cables.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

Ex-Governor WILLIAM r. MILLER
died at his home in Little Rock, Ark.
recently. He was siXty-four years of
age. having been born at Batesville,
Ark, in 1928 He was a lawyer by
profession and has been in public SER
vice more than thirty years. In 1876
he was elected Governor and reelected
in 1878. He was eight times chosen
State Auditor. which office he held at
the time of his death.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

M. GAUNT. Il wealthy colored resi-
dent of Aenia. o., has decided prop
crty. valued at thirty thousand dollars,
TO Wilberforce University. The insti-
tuition is a pioneer of its class and is a
leading colored college. 1t frequently
has been the recipient of donations of
a thousand dollars and upwards. Pres
ident Mitchell says so far as he knows
the greatest amount ever given before
for like purpose was five thousand dol
larS
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

NJ. PAsTEUR, the French chemist,
proposes to free New South Wales and
New Zealand of the rabbit plague in a
very original manner. 1t is well known
that these colonies are 40 overrun with
these lively little animals that thew
nibbie all the food away so soon AS to
make sheep raising impossible. Pas
feur proposes to inoculate the New
South Wales rabbit with microbes of
chicken cholera, which he says will
procreate even quicker than rabbits will
procreate and will finally exterminate
ali the rabbits from the colonies.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

The magistrate presiding at the
Westminster police court, London. has
granted summons against Henry
Louis Bischofsheim, on a charge of
obtaining $4,000 by false prctenses
from James McHenry. The transac-
ton between McHenry and Bischoff-
sheim was in connection with the
Atlantic & Great Western railway, and
the alleged fraud was committed in
1874
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

One of the most successful bill col
lectors Of Chicago makes many a diff
cult collection by pretending to be
deaf, and making the delinquent yell
his reason for not paying at the top of
his voice. SO that it is heard by every
one in the vicinity.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

TOXIC, Japan, looks more like an
American than any Oriental town.
There are a number of street car lines
and the streets are lighted with gas.
Telegraph lines stretch in all direc-
tons; high schools and common schools
are being established, and the Univer-
sity will compare favorably with many
in this country. Many flourishing fac
tories are already established.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08
Criminal Suits Brought in Chicago Against
Certain Railroads.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-Suit was brought in
the criminal court Yesterday by Attorney
General Hunt, acting in hehalf Of the Rail-
road and Warehouse Commission, against
the Michigan Central and Lake Shore e.
Southern railrods. The action was taken
under the recent act Of the Legislature re-
quiring all roads TO E,1ild hopper scales
and weigh all car loads Of bulk
grain coming over their lines, and
attach receipt showing the net weight
Of the bill OF lading. There are four
separate suits brought against the Michi-
gan Central and two suits against the
Michigan Southern. In each case fine Of
500 is asked.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

PETER HALDEMAN BURNETT. the
first American Governor of California,
has lately completed his eightieth year.
He lives in San Francisco and enjoys
capital health. Senior Pho Pico, the
last Spanish Governor. is still in Los
Angeles County. He is nearly ninety
years old.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

Or the seventeen Presidents of the
United States eleven were college
graduates; of twenty Vice Presidents.
ten; of twenty-nine Secretaries of State,
nineteen; of forty-one Associate JUS
tees of the United States Supreme
Court. thirty.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

AT a place called Posoya, in the
province of Manibi, Chill, an epidemic
which kills seventy-five per cent. of
those attacked by it has broken out.
The disease begins with severe pains
in the stomach. followed by Il flow of
blood from the mouth, and sometimes
from the eyes and ears
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

BARON HELLENBACH, Croatian no.
bleman, died recently. He was the
author Of several mystical works, and
to the last firmly believed in his theo-
ries, for the PRONUNCIATION of which he
made many sacrifices. He was we'll
known in Vienna and other capitals
for the prominent part he took in the
SDiritualist movement.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

A COMPANY with two million dollars
capital has been formed in Baltimore
to trade between that city and the
Congo coast of Africa and to carry the
mails The company expects to fur
nish passage to numbers of colored peo-
pie desiring to emigrate to Africa.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

The report of John b. Baird, Super
intendent of the Dead Letter Office,
shows the number of pieces of original
mail matter received during the year
ended June 80, 1887, to have been
8. 335, 1868, an increase of nearly IL. 4
per cent. over the previous year.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

COUNTERFEIT silver dollars made of
cast-iron heavily plated with silver are
in circulation in the vicinity of Cres-
ton, Iowa. They are such a perfect
substitute that not even acid will affect
them. and they can only be detected by
the ring The dates they bear are
mostly 1884.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

DIR. WLDMAN, of Chicago, was in
the habit Of advertising. The State
Board of Health decided it to be ''un-
professional conduct and revoked his
license. He has appealed to Governor
Oglesby to review the case
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Dec. 1.-The bodies
OF thirteen infants, each about five months
developed, were recently found in jars III
the cellar of Aspinalts drug store. They
had apparently been there long time.
The police are inquiring into the matter.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

THE King of Corea will shortly dis
patch Ministers to England, France,
Germany, Russia and America. The
consent of China to this arrangement
was given with the greatest reluctance.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08
Work StODped.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The Commissioner
of Public Works has ordered all work in
the streets involving excavations stopped
for the winter. The stOppage will throw
600 men out of employment
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

MARYLAND CoGswELL HOBBS, A. e. /,
of the Harvard Law School, has been
awarded the Sumner prize of one hun
dred dollars.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-08

ductiOn OF nine dollars per car on hogs,
eight dollars on cattle, and similar cuts on
grain and other merchandise.
THE other day Joseph and Alfred Will
hanson, of Edwardsville, went rabbit hunt
ing, each carrying shotgun. Tie two
were separated, and when q rabbit jumped
up before Joseph the elder brother pulled
the trigger and filed Alfred's hip with
shot. The wounded young man was re-
moved to his home, where physician
picked thirty shot from his hip. One OF
his hands was frghtfully shattered, and
amputaton would probably be necessary.
CRAWFORD County has 100 carp ponds.
The State Historical Society has re-.
ceived from John Brown, Jr., the gold
medal presented to his mother by French
Republicans in 1874 in commemoration OF
the services of the great Abolitionist Ac-
companying the meiai was the letter from
the committee of subscription dated Paris,
October u. 1874
Mrs. SOFT, a religious enthusiast Of Law
renee, recently died after fasting four
weeks, alleging that it was the Divine
command.
WHILE recently engaged in moving
house at Atchison John Patterson was per-
haps fatally injured by the house slipping
A COMPANY has been organized at Ar
kansas City to manufacture printing and
book paper.
j. c. +. INsLEY, aged about thirty, and
his mother. of about slxty-6ve years, reg
Istered at the Howard House in Newton
the other night and were shown to a room.
Upon retiring they blew out the gas Tho
porter, receiving no answer TO his call next
morniag, forced the door open and dlscov-
cred the inmates unconscious. The man
died the next day.
LATE post-ofice changes il Kansas: Is
tablished, Drury, Sumner County, Joseph
h. Wilkins, postmaster; Peck, Sedgwic.S
County, George R Vawter, postmaster.
Names changed. Springfield, Clay County,
to Rose Vale; Worth, Butler County, to
Elbing.
The debt of Harvey County is only I've
thousand dollars.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11
FRIENDS.

People who have warm friends are
healthier. happier than those who have
none. A single real friend is treasure
worth more than gold or precious stones.
Money can buy many things, good and
evil. All the wealth of the world could
not buy friend, or pay for the loss of
one. II have only wanted one thing to
make me happy Hazlitt writes, "but
wanting that, have wanted everything
And again, my heart, shutup in pris-
on-house of this rude clay, has never
found, nor will it ever find, heart to
speak to-"
We are the weakest of spendthrifts if
we let friend drop off through inatten-
ton, or let one push away another; or if
we hold aloof, from one pesty jealousy or
needless slight of ronghness. Would you
throw away diamond because it pricked
you? One good friend is not to be weigh.
ed against the jewels of the earth.-
Christian at Work.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

Apropos of the weather, it is instructive
to know that there are about 7,000,OUU
pores in the human body, and that each
pore is a quarter of an inch deop. If the
pores were hitched together in one string
they would reach a distance of twenty
eight miles. When you remember that
twenty-eight miles of drainage is bring
ing its sewerage to the surface of the body,
the necessity for frequent baths this wea'h.
er can be appreciated.-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11
HOW TO GET LOCAL NEWS.

He care into our Office and after pay
ing his subscription said;
II guess you can stop sending nv paper;
I've just subscribed for paper / need
more"
"Just so" we retOrted.
He pulled a paper from his pocket and
handed it to US for inspection. 1t was o
Philadelphia publication, neatly printed
ornamented with handsomely engraved
head, containing about As columns read
ing matter.
"A very fair looking paper said we
But, my dear sir do you find much news
concerning our county in itY'
No, he didn't know that he had fOunC
any.
DO you find anything about our state''
No, be neyed did.
And vet he needed that sheet mucl
more than be did his county paper.
Such men are blessing to any com
munity. What enterprise would flourish
without them?-Ex.
Such no Doubts the experience of every
newspaper man in Arkansas. We know
many men in our county who do not taxi
a county paper, but send off to New YOri
or some other northern town, for som'
stereotyped concern in which the name o
Arkansas never occurs.-Texarkana lnde
pendent.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

Jesse Harper, who is going over this
state, making speeches and advising the
people to forsake tie Democratic party, is
the man who nominated Abraham Lincoln
for the presidency. Though formerly a
Republican, Uncle Jesse has since belong
ed to the Greenback party, ard is now
shouting himself hOarse in advocacy OF
the Union Labor party. Ii there was
anything newer in the way of party he
would belong to that--he will always be
found hanging on to the latest invention
in the line of politiOa! parties.-ArkanSas
Beacon,
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

1t would seem that democratic admin
istration is not very great enemy to the
soldier. During the last two years of the
of the republican administration there
were little over three hundred thousand
pensions on the rolls. Now the number
is somsthing over fourhundred thousand,
an increase of one hundred thousand.
The president has appointed more exun-
ion soldiers and their kindred to tffice
than any ofhis Predecessors, and every
thing has been done consistent with the
public good, to favor the old soldiers
Jonesboro Times.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11
VIEW THE OTHER SIDE.

Mt many nights since near esbOro,
two boys entered the watermelon patch OF
one Mr.. Guest, and Guest shot and Instant
ly killed Bert McErwin, l3-year old son
of W. R. McErwin, Esq, The proof in the
examination disclosed the fact that Wm.
Guest stated after the shooting that be did
it, and that one of the boys followed. "Oh,
Lordy!' as he ran off. lie also stated
that he intended to watch for the boys
that night, The court committed Guest
to prison without bail; lie is 2 years
old, Sunday school teacher and a dea-
con in the church, and has been a mem
Der of the Baptist church for 40 years.
The Jonesboro Eagle says, public opinion
seems to be very much against the de-.
fendant and his former good standing nor
his age seem to be accepted as any excuse
for the act" 70 which the Randolph
Herald I'D Is:
"And neither should it; for from time
memorial the right of boys to raid for
fruit and melons have been granted, and a
man who would murder his neig 8
little boy for slight 30 offense is unworthy
the usual sympathy due old age"
We cannot agre. with our able Poca-
hontas contemporary. While We do not
hold that the defendant was wholly justi-
fable in taking the life of the boy, the
boys had no business there. They were
intruding upon the premises of the old
gentleman end appropriating that which
honest hard labor had produced. The
melons belonged to Guest and he had the
same right to defend them from the in
trusions of nigbtthieves that the law
would accord to him for protecting his
corn-criS or smoke-house. And while
"from time memorial boys have raided
"for fruit and melons," the practice is
universally condemned, instead Of being
upheld, by law-abiding citizens and news
papers. Bro. Bolen is usually found Civ
ing good advice and 9ondenning wrong,
but VIC consider be let his prejudice over
gite pis llgement in this one instance.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

Sergeant Simons, editor of the Arkan-
sas Weather Review, says; Arkansas
undoubtedly has one of the finest climates
in the Union Yes, seat yourself upon
block of ice with a palm-leaf in each
hand in the coolest place around the prem.
ises and it is real "fne' to gaze out upon
our wonderful climate just now. A fel.
low could enjoy the same scene in Borpeo
at this time.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11
THE HONESTY OF OUR FATHERS

When Abraham Lincoln was o clerk IN
q dry goods store he sold woman q little
bill of goods, amounting in value by the
reckoning to S2,06 IA, He received the
money and the woman went away. On
adding the items of the bill again to
make himself sure of correctness, he
found that he had taken IA cents too
much. 1t was night, but closing and
locking the store, he started out on foot,
q distance of two or three miles, for the
house of his defrauded customer, and. de-
liVering over to her the sum whose pos
session had so much troubled him, went
home satisfied. This Is very humble in
cident, but it illustrates the mans per-
feet oonscientiousness, his fensitive hon.
esty, better, perhaps. than if it had been
of greater moment-Toledo Blade.
When Jeff DAVIS was butcher, at
jackson, he sold blind colored gentle
man chunk" of sausage which contain
ed dead rat. The rat not having taken
salt was much deoomposed, Being made
acquainted with the mistake, Mr.. Davis
hired a carriage and went to the residence
of the colored gentleman, distance of
thirteen miles, extracted the rat and filled
the vacuum with good solid meat, The
thermomster:is about thirty degrees be-
low zero when rebel can be beat for
honesty or a newspaper for truthfulness.
-Waldron Reporter.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

A gentleman near Springfield, Mo-, has
a lake of three acres stocked with fish,
and when he goes to the edge of the
water and rings bell, they ere fed, and
play around like kittens. and when he
takes his boat for row they follow him
as if they were so many spaniols. This
seems almost Improbable, but the state
ment is no doubt fact.-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11
OUR HELPERS,

We want one or two good agents at
every post-ofice in the county who will
work to increase the circulation OF the
RECORD. The following have agreed to
help us, and we will be pleased to add
other names and poSt-ofices to the list,
when sent in
W. E. Brawley, j. W. Overton, Ash
Flat.
DR.. Jas. Atkisson, Hardy.
John NJ. Smith, Poughkeepsie.
j. r Metcalf. Evening Shade.
Vol Underwood, Kings Mil. 70,
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

A conference of New York Republican
editors was held at Saratoga on the I'd
inst. Over 100 daily papers were repre-
sented and the politital outlook was ear
nestly discussed with view to harmoni-
GUS work in behalf of the party in next
years campaign.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

Lawrence county will vote Friday, Aug.
25th, on the proposition of moving the
county seat from Powhatan to SmithYille.
The sum of fifteen hundred dollars Is to
be donated to build the necessary public
buildings, should the question carry.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

There are too many Christians now who
dwell inst inside the dividing line, 50 to
speak, who are Christians, but of such a
limp and feeble sort that they must be
upheld continually, instead Of helping
neutrality-suspicious.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

At Tyler, Texas, fellow entered a
house, held a pistol on the husband and
quietly talked with the wife while che
packed her trunk to elope with him.
There must not be any summer down
there, judging from the GOODNESS" of
that act.-Ex.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

A farmer in Washington county raised
3.432 bushels of wheat this year from 2OO
acres sown. This is doubtless the largest
single crop of this sereal ever raised in the
state.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

In New Orleans the thermometer gets
up in the eighties this weather, while it
is a relief here to know the thing don't
boil over,
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

Hugh NJ. Brooks, alias Maxwell, the
famous trunk murderer, has been respited
till the 26th inst, by the Missouri su'
preme court, at which time it is supposed
be will hang,
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

One of the most important laws passed
BY the recent legislature was an amend
ment requiring the probate court at its
first regular term in each year to examine
the bonds of executors, administrators
guardians and curators: and if found
insufficient to require the prompt exc
cution of new and sufficient bond. This
will protect not only the interests Of the
widows and orphans, but also the credi'
tors of deceased persons, and tend to pre-
vent the reckless squandering and miss
management of estates that heretofore
existed in nearly every portion of the
state.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

The election in Texas on the 4th INST,
on the prohibition amendment resulted
in the defeat of the amendment by nearly
100000 votes.
Sharp County record., 1887-08-11

Newport now he's @ regular base Dali
park, The little city is cranky on the
national game,